Only India really had the gumption to stand up to that team until England in 2005. In a way, it was nice to see on paper superior sides like Pakistan and SA repeatedly get smashed home and away by that Aussie team while India kept giving them headaches.
No you did not. You lost in 1999 and won in 2004. You won in 1992 but Aus was hardly the no 1 team then (WI was who defeated Aus twice in the early 90s plus Aus also lost against Pak) and cannot be considered part of the no 1 era. Considering that part of the no 1 era is like us considering the 2007 win against Eng. So there is no guarantee that Aus could play Pak Ind SL and guarantee two series wins. When they did it in 1999 they lost against SL and Ind and won against Pak (4 years into their reign). Same thing happened with us 4 years into our reign - lost 2 and won 1. The only time they won two Asian series in the same year they were already 9 years into their reign and their team had matured a lot (main bowlers retired 3 years later). The core of this Indian team all have 4-5 years left minimum and the new guys Bumrah, Kuldeep, Pant have years ahead of them. So let us go further into our reign. Considering the NZ away loss is irrelevant as that is before our reign. Doing so would mean including Aus's loss in Pak in 94-95.
After Kumble's press conference at Sydney the way they raised their game was scary even without Warne and Mcgrath, that was some of the toughest cricket I've watched on tv. Which made the Perth win and the tri - ODI series win even more sweeter.
this is just the beginning. India is going to grow grow grow. In 20 years time IPL salaries will be similar to NBA, EPL salaries.
In the '90s, they were definitely stronger. Our best batsman Sachin was better than anyone they had but that wasn't enough to make up for the difference in attack strength. They did beat us in India in '99.
India never stood up to that team in Australia when they were at anywhere near full strength. They got smashed in 99/00 and didn’t have the balls to go for a win in Sydney in 04 against a massively depleted bowling outfit. In 08 they disintegrated like a Sao in a blender except for Perth, and by that time Warne, McGrath, Martyn, Langer and Gillespie were all gone anyway. They might have talked the talk but they didn’t walk the walk.
Mate you picked the time frame and identified 4 losses that would’ve only been 3 with normal scheduling. You’ve just lost two in a year.
Will they have potable water by then?
On paper, I'd say so, yeah. They had Inzi, Younis (not quite at his peak), Yousuf so their batting, while inferior to India's was definitely still strong on paper. Team of underachievers really. Always got smashed by Australia and South Africa in that period.
badminton
don't worry they'll just come over to aus and buy all the real estate like the chinese.
Their spinners falling off a cliff after '00 or so wouldn't have helped. Hard to believe Saqlain's only 42.
i just listed the losses that came to my mind. there were 5 losses. two in the space of 18 months (sl and ind). two in a year (ind ind)
Chinese won't let go that easily